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Just a side-note. Some might ask about Gv.St.Lt. Evgenii Andreevich Pyankov, a 5 VA, 13 GvIAD, 150 GvIAP Yak-3 pilot, who died on November 16, 1944 and is not listed among the losses of the day. I missed him purposely. The reason is yes, he died on November 16, 1944 indeed, but in a hospital, not in a dogfight. He was downed a few days earlier, on November 7, 1944, so he is listed on that day. Poor pilot was badly burned and died in a few days in hospital, probably of sepsis. I do not know exactly his plane number on November 7, 1944, but the 13 GvIAD HQ (Stab) has erased a Yak-3 from combat service by November 11, 1944 due to a dogfight, - without pilot. Its number was 3229214, '32'. I assume that this 150 GvIAP pilot borrowed and flew this Yak-3 of his Division Stab, not an official 150 GvIAP plane, so this is what I listed for him on November 7, 1944: 3229214.

32 = Plane number within batch, also the factory applied tactical marking
292 = Factory No.292 in Saratov, Russia
14 = Batch No.14

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